Dialogue

 1 Intro|           subjects. Not power but knowledge is the characteristic of
 2 Intro|           one kind concerned with knowledge exclusively, and the other
 3 Intro|           this science is akin to knowledge rather than to action. For
 4 Intro|           up:—The science of pure knowledge had a part which was the
 5 Intro|        addition to their store of knowledge;—or again, if they had merely
 6 Intro|         existence without arts or knowledge, and had no food, and did
 7 Intro|           not only to improve our knowledge of politics, but our reasoning
 8 Intro|          states, unless they have knowledge, are maintainers of idols,
 9 Intro|        human life. The spheres of knowledge, which to us appear wide
10 Intro|           Athene and Hephaestus a knowledge of the arts; other gods
11 Intro|         eating of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.’ At the
12 Intro|       higher elements of good and knowledge than could have existed
13 Intro|         of which we have a dreamy knowledge, can only be represented
14 Intro|           of each to the store of knowledge.’ Who has described ‘the
15 Intro|           the Socratic ‘Virtue is knowledge;’ and, without idealism,
16 Intro|      idealism, we may remark that knowledge is a great part of power.
17 Intro|        the subject has a previous knowledge of the rules under which
18 Intro|    exception, that goodness, like knowledge, is also power, would breathe
19 Intro|           a physician who has the knowledge of a physician, and he is
20 Intro|          he is a king who has the knowledge of a king. But how the king,
21 State|          conceive of all kinds of knowledge under two classes.~YOUNG
22 State|     kindred arts, merely abstract knowledge, wholly separated from action?~
23 State|        all other handicrafts, the knowledge of the workman is merged
24 State|        not he be said to have the knowledge which the ruler himself
25 State|         not he who possesses this knowledge, whether he happens to be
26 State|         has a greater affinity to knowledge than to manual arts and
27 State|           to divide the sphere of knowledge?~YOUNG SOCRATES: Very good.~
28 State|           any joint or parting in knowledge.~YOUNG SOCRATES: Tell me
29 State| unmistakeably, one of the arts of knowledge?~YOUNG SOCRATES: Certainly.~
30 State|          STRANGER: He contributes knowledge, not manual labour?~YOUNG
31 State|        the like, subjects of pure knowledge; and is not the difference
32 State|         properly say, that of all knowledge, there are two divisions—
33 State|     subdivision of the section of knowledge which commands.~YOUNG SOCRATES:
34 State|           that part of the art of knowledge which was concerned with
35 State|     STRANGER: The science of pure knowledge had, as we said originally,
36 State|          the love of that age for knowledge and discussion, we had better
37 State|           about our experience of knowledge.~YOUNG SOCRATES: Why so?~
38 State|         way of bringing them to a knowledge of what they do not as yet
39 State|           improve his grammatical knowledge of that particular word,
40 State|         that he may have a better knowledge of all words.~STRANGER:
41 State|      intended only to improve our knowledge of politics, or our power
42 State|          be, can attain political knowledge, or order a State wisely,
43 State|   interest or favour, and without knowledge,—would not this be a still
44 State|        the lips of those who have knowledge?~YOUNG SOCRATES: Certainly
45 State|           were saying, he who has knowledge and is a true Statesman,
46 State|          STRANGER: If they had no knowledge of what they were doing,
47 State|      imitate ill; but if they had knowledge, the imitation would be
48 State|         men are able to acquire a knowledge of any art has been already
49 State|        rules with opinion or with knowledge.~YOUNG SOCRATES: To be sure.~
50 State|       individual truly possessing knowledge rules, his name will surely
51 State|          the spirit of virtue and knowledge to act justly and holily
52 State|           only and in custom, and knowledge is divorced from action,
53 State|         acquired the most perfect knowledge.~YOUNG SOCRATES: Very true.~
54 State|    exception of the one which has knowledge, may be set aside as being